#4E374C#4E374C

#4E374C is a dark, muted purple. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.047 H 329.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E374C
RGB	rgb(78, 55, 76)
HSL	hsl(305, 17%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(305, 29%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.5%, 2.6%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.37, 14.35, -8.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.37, 16.84, 328.42°)
OKLab	oklab(37.09% 0.0402 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(37.09% 0.047 329.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.8125, 4.8741, 7.4707)
Luminance	0.0487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E374C #374E39

analogous

#44374E #4E374C #4E3740

triadic

#4E374C #4C4E37 #374C4E

tetradic

#4E374C #4E4437 #374E39 #37404E

square

#4E374C #4E4437 #374E39 #37404E

split-complementary

#4E374C #404E37 #374E44

monochromatic

#120D11 #2A1E29 #4E374C #72506F #966A92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.63

#4E374C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#4E374C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E374C

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E374C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E374C	1.00	10.63	1.97	10.63
#FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#363D4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B3F4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#50393E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e374c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 55, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.047 329.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#806e7e',
    500: '#4e374c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e374c;
$custom-light: #806e7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e374c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.217,
    "s": 17.293,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37091,
    "c": 0.04663,
    "h": 329.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E374C

secondary

#637E65

accent

#BA746E

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EEEBEE

border

#C9C6C9

text

#0A0709

muted

#7C7A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E374C

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